FF: Raven Hill Discovery Center

FAMILY FUN Opportunity is Knocking!

Raven Hill Discovery Center

Seize the OPPORTUNITY to explore Raven Hill Raven Hill Discovery Center will be “hibernating” for 12 months. We will have Home Learning Opportunities online, so visit our website: www.MiRavenHill.org. See you in the Spring 2021

Raven Hill is nestled in a rural setting with ponds, swamps, forests & fields on 175 acres. It is the only place in northern Lower Michigan where children and adults can link science, history & the arts with hands-on activities and explorations both indoors and outdoors. Connections emerge through classes, exhibits and facilities that provide OPPORTUNITIES for all ages to learn, create, grow and play. :-)

Main Museum

Hands-on activities including light, sound, motion, magnets, music, earth and life sciences.

Kitchen & Project Room

Location for many art classes, but also available for use with Great Room rental for your next event.

Periodic Room

The twenty foot long 3D Periodic Table of the Elements displays elements and products made with different elements.

Fiber Studio

Explore all manner of fiber classes.

Amateur Radio Station

An active Ham Radio Station used by the Raven Hill Discovery Center Amateur Radio Club.

Animal Room

Reptiles and amphibians that you can meet and hold, if you are up to the adventure!

Energy House

An off-the-grid house to show solar energy conversion and sustainable living. Open by request.

School House

Example of a one room school house chronicling the history of education with desks from the 1890s to present day.

Christopher’s Art Corridor

Science, history and howto art mediums.

Print Shop and Studios

Location for classes such as print-making, wood working, metal and clay.

Labyrinth

Watershed Model

Enjoy the sound of moving water. “Sail” a boat down the river. Model includes a waterfall, wetlands area and springs bubbling up from the ground. All three tributaries come together and flow down to the “lake.”

The Steppes

Steppes are defined as land that has no trees and the rainfall is more than a desert and less than a prairie. Our “Steppes” are just that and the newest place to hang out with family and friends.

Whisper Dishes

Whisper in the focal point of one satellite dish and hear your partner 250 feet apart in the other satellite dish.

Evolving Technology Building

Timelines of many different types of technology from modern day back to the stone age.

Warren Loranger Great Room

Natural history and multipurpose room.

Community Mural Sign

The Pond & Trails

The Learning Gardens

Rain gardens to help protect our watershed.

Wetlands Boardwalk

This boardwalk crosses the swamp and connects the main campus and Ancient World.

Treehouse

Accessible Tree House built in the shape of a maple leaf.

Ancient World

Replicas from ancient civilizations, including a pyramid, sphynx, Easter Island Head, Roman Arch, Obelisk, and more!

Exploring Beyond Jurassic Park

Geologic history of Earth.

Sundial

Tell time on a sunny day. Created and donated by Leadership Little Traverse.

Earth Tones Music Garden

Recycled and tuned musical instruments in an outside garden setting.

The Wood Shop

Woodworking tools for classes, exhibit building and maintenance.